Improvement in coffee-pots



MARGARET l. STUBBQNGS.

Coffee-Pots.

N0.143,102. v Patented September23,1873.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARGARET J. STUBBINGS, or YoUNGsTowR, orno.

IMPROVEMENT IN COFFEE-POTS,

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,102, datedSeptember 23, 1873; application filed May 5, 1873.

. To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARGARET J. STUB-..BINGs, of Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and lmproved Coffee-Pot, of which the following is aspecification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a vertical section ofmy improved coffee-pot on the line 0 c, Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a top viewof the same with lifted cover to show inside of pot.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to furnish to housekeepers and others animproved coffeepot which extracts fully the strength from the groundbeans, produces superior coffee within short time, and prevents boilingover. My invention consists in a cylindrical steam-cover, connected, bypipes, with a perforated drum, and a muslin bag attached to it. Thesteam generated in the bottom part of the pot forces the boiling watercontinually over the coffee in the bag till the full strength of thesame is extracted.

A in the drawing represents the outer part of the coffee-pot, ofcylindrical or other shape, having a tightlyclosing cover, B. Acylindrical cover, 0, rests on the bottom of the pot, and is providedwith recesses or notches a at the lower open circumference. Two or morevertical pipes, D, of slightly-conical shape, are placed diametricallyto each other on the top part of steam-cover U, and carry, by means ofelbows E fitting closely over pipes D, the cylindrical drum F. Thebottom of drum F is perforated, so that the boiling water which isforced up by the development of steam in bottom 0 passes, through pipesD and elbows E, into drum F, and, through the perforations, over thecoffee suspended in bag G, of muslin or other suitable material. Lugs bof elbows E project toward the inside of the pot, and serve to supportring (I, to which the muslin bag G is attached, to be renewed from timeto time. Ring 01 is of larger diameter than drum F, and indented at c tofit between the elbows E and rest firmly on lugs b.

To make coffee the boiling water is placed in the coffee-pot till itcovers the steam-bottom 0. The steam, generating in it, forces acontinual flow of boiling water over the coffee in the bag G till allits strength is extracted. The drum and bag are then taken out, and thepot filled up with hot water till the desired strength is obtained. Thecoffee produced thereby is as clear as if eggs, isinglass, or othermaterial had been used.

' Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In combination with the pot A, steamchamber0, and circulating-tubes D, the detachable perforated spraying-drum F,provided with elbow-tubes E, and carrying a coffee receptacle or bag, G,as herein shown and described.

2. The bag Gr, provided with an upper rim or hoop, d, bent as shown, andsupported by lugs b b on the tubes E E, as set forth.

MARGARET J. STUBBINGS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE B. WooDM-AN, J OHN DAVIDSON.

